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>only as strong as weakest link >diverse team Adding diversity makes the weakest link weaker (and the strongest link stronger). The point of diversity is to i

• AnimalMuppet 11y ago
  I think the "only as strong as weakest link" was referring to the technological measures, not to the team. It's not the team that's under attack (normally - if it's a phishing attack against the Gmail team as a way of attacking Gmail, then yes, diversity on the team may be a weakness).
  • ikeboy 11y ago
    If each member is responsible for a different part of security, then you'd still want each to be as strong as possible. It just occurred to me that diverse could mean "skilled in different forms of security", and then it's just saying to hire domain experts in as many security domains as you can. That would make diversity a direct solution to the weakest link problem.